Author: bjornfonden
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Books of 2024
2025: Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom How do you live? by Genzaburo Yoshino Den Längsta Resan by KG Hammar Dark Machines by Victor Galaz Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control by Stuart Russell Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning…
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Why I meditate
I meditate to be able to be happy, at peace, content – Under any circumstances I believe we are potentially at risk of heading towards very difficult, dark, turbulent days An uncertain future And even though I am likely one of the most privileged, I am not sure I will be completely saved from the…
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Best of Studio Ghibli – Hayato Miyasaki
All of them are amazing. Just finished watching Nausicaä. A beautiful story about the relationship between man and nature. Made me cry deeply. We need to appreciate what is around us. What gives us life. Instead of fighting nature, we must learn to live with it. Still to watch:
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Most “successful” people, as the entrepreneur and investor Andrew Wilkinson has observed, are just a walking anxiety disorder, harnessed for productivity. I have met many of them. Some of the world’s richest people. Most powerful political leaders. Singers and actresses. Influencers and billionaires. Very few are truly happy. Most of them, in their conquest to…
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Feeling of desperation, hopelessness for the future.
Giving into hedonism or addressing the challenges? This passage from Labatuts Maniac p64 shines a light om genius sind Johannes van Neumann upbringing so much resembles what we see today. “I find it embarrassing to admit that I envied their capacity to become so immersed in their imaginations, for I was simply willfully ignorant of…
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Interesting interview on the future and AI with Yuval Noah Harari.
Some good reflections from the comment section: “If you give good people bad information, they make bad decisions.” “The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology.” – E.O. Wilson “We are breaking down from cortisol overload and suffering from chronic stress disorders. Especially our children and…
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Technology is not the solution.
I think what this shows is that technology is not the answer to our problems. Rather, it’s about our values, culture, political and economic system. If that continues to incentivize extraction, destruction, fossil fuel, delivery for rich over sustainable dev benefits, then outcomes of AI revolution will mainly go in the hands of a few…
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why have we not managed to develop sustainably?
sustainable development has been discussed in different forms and concepts for at least 50 years. in 1972, the Club of Rome report “Limits to Growth” was published, depicting the conflict between growing needs and demands from the population on a planet with limited resources. in 1987, the “Our Common Future”, “Brundtland-comission” was released with the…
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particle 3: without goals
it’s impossible to meet your objectives therefore, I commit to: finish a marathon during 2021.
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particle 2: loneliness
loneliness, ˈloʊnlinəs, is a phenomenon almost as strong as solwind. created for, and by, humanity – loneliness is the disease of the modern world. yet, it is the cure for the modern word. for loneliness instills longing. longing implicates love. & love is the force that initiates words and turns the world. w/out longing there…
bjornfonden, 2026 